Fluorescent lamp containing a mercury zinc amalgam and a method of manufacture
US5882237A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J61/24
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp containing zinc amalgam and a method of precisely controlling the amount of mercury introduced into a temperature controlled fluorescent lamp. Precise quantities of mercury may be introduced into a fluorescent lamp in the form of solid zinc amalgam pellets that are in a metastable, non-equilibrium state.
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